| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
xii, 489 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published in Great Britain in slightly different form by The Bodley Head, London, 2010"--T.p. verso. |
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"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-470) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: "An enormous deal of kindness" -- Feeding the war machine : foreign labor in Germany, 1940-1945 -- Food and freedom : Preparing for the aftermath of war, 1940-1945 -- "The origin of the perpetual muddle" : experience with relief, 1943-1945 -- "Half the nationalities of Europe on the march" : Germany, 1945 -- The psychological moment : repatriating the refugees, 1945 -- The surviving remnant : Jewish DPs, 1945 -- "Feed the brutes?" : German refugees, 1945 -- Dollars or death : UNRRA in Germany, 1945 -- "You pick it up fast" : Wildflecken DP Camp, Germany, 1945 -- "Even if the gates are locked" : Jewish DPs, 1946 -- "Skryning" : Repatriating DPs, 1946 -- "Save them first and argue after" : La Guardia and UNRRA -- "We grossly underestimated the destruction" : the food crisis in Europe in the winter of 1946-1947 and Washington's response -- "Dwell, eat, breed, wait" : life in DP camps, 1947-1950 -- "The best interests of the child" : child search in Germany, 1945-1950 -- "Good human stock" : Resettling DPs, 1947-1950 -- "We lived to see it" : Jewish DPs and the creation of Israel, 1947-1949 -- America's fair share : the United States and DPs, 1947-1950 -- Legacies : how DPs made new lives. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Forced repatriation.
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Repatriation -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Repatriation -- Asia -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
9781400040681 hardback $35.00 |
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140004068X hardback |
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